I'm only speaking to this topic from my experience and discussions I've had with doctors over the years. My analysis is not a rather scientific one, but there are many studies that cover this in ...

I am 23 and I was diagnosed with selective mutism (SM) 20 years ago. If I’m somewhere new or unfamiliar with a large group of people, I may go hours, or even days at a time without saying a word. I ...

After struggling with selective mutism throughout her childhood, Erin Silvia shares how she overcame the anxiety disorder Courtesy of Erin Silvia As a child, Erin Silvia struggled to speak to anyone ...

Q: My five-year-old daughter started kindergarten this year and I have been getting a lot of calls from her teacher about issues in the classroom. Her teacher keeps telling me that my daughter does ...

All of us have had the experience of being caught wordless by a painful remark or a difficult situation. We all know how obliterating that silence is to our sense of self. During that silence, it’s as ...

Noah has selective mutism, a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by the inability to speak in social settings. So most days while he is at preschool, his mother, Julie Nicodemus, is in an empty ...

Rachel Ling Gordon wasn’t always so outgoing. When she was a toddler, she was diagnosed with selective mutism, a social communication anxiety disorder. Wowing the crowd at a magic show is no small ...

A Littlehampton mum is calling for improved recognition of anxiety in autistic children in West Sussex.